Historic Cairo
Subtitle: a walk through the Islamic city
By: written and illustrated by Jim Antoniou.
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cairo, Egypt
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
Subjects: Historic sites -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Guidebooks.; Islamic antiquities -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Guidebooks.; Walking -- Egypt -- Cairo -- Guidebooks.; Cairo (Egypt) -- Tours.
Genres: Guidebooks.; Tours.
Description: "Cairo contains the greatest concentration of Islamic monuments in the world, and its mosques, mausolea, religious schools, baths, and caravanserais, built by prominent patrons between the seventh and nineteenth centuries, are among the finest in existence. Jim Antoniou takes his readers on a guided walk through the very heart of historic Cairo, among many of its greatest architectural treasures. Illustrated throughout with the author's own detailed maps and plans and lively sketches, the walk begins at the monumental gates in the north walls of the Fatimid city, follows the ancient thoroughfare of al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah south past Khan al Khalili and al-Ghuriya to the Street of the Tentmakers, turns left along the famous Darb al-Ahmar of the Arabian Nights, and ends at the magnificent mosque of Sultan Hasan at the foot of the Citadel. Over ninety historic buildings along the way are identified and described, many of them open to visitors."
Notes: Includes index.